Aligning Bronfenbrenner with UNESCO’s dimensions of sustainability

Title
Aligning Bronfenbrenner with UNESCO’s dimensions of sustainability
Publication Date
2019
Author(s)
Davis, Julie M
Elliott, Sue
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Early Childhood Australia Inc
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/27077
Abstract
In creating his model of human development based on systems theory, he proposed that human development occurred in ever-widening social contexts and through human interrelationships, in contrast to previous developmental theories based on ages and stages (Piaget & lnhelder, 1969). His model depicts a hierarchy of concentric nested circles, including the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem and macrosystem, with the child/adult located centrally. The inner microsystems are the child's immediate daily settings, the mesosystem conveys the interactions and interrelationships between the microsystems, the exosystem includes those social settings where a child is not directly involved but may have indirect influence, and the most outer system is the macrosystem of overarching policies, values and cultural beliefs. Bronfenbrenner (1979) created many versions of his model over time and added the chronosystem to identify systemic change over time.
Link
Citation
Every Child, 25(1), p. 24-25
ISSN
1322-0659
Start page
24
End page
25

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